An island with sunshine and trade, people from miles around stopped there to either sell or get goods or to find the latest place to explore and get an adventure.

Every day follows the same or everybody and nobody knew more than the royal southern isle family.

Composed of 15 people the family was very large, the father was named King Stephen the clever, Queen Valhalla the beautiful and their 13 sons, Richard, Erik, Andrew, Christian, Jacob, George, Francis, Spencer, Arthur, Louis, Henry, Daniel and finally Hans.

Each prince in their way were handsome and strong, different in their talents, but secretly the servants and towns people all agreed that the pick of the littler was the youngest prince Hans, he was not only good looking, but very smart, charming and polite.

But sadly his family didn't see it that way, being the 13 child he had no claim to anything, there was also the age, he was younger than all of his siblings, 10 years to be precise, the age gap made it impossible for his brothers to bond for they were busy with their own things and often times they saw the young prince as a little pest who always got in their way, while the parents, exhausted and tired they didn't parent the child, always leaving him to be taken cared of by the servants, their nanny Primrose and Arthur the middle brother.

Taking the roles of surrogate parents Primrose and Arthur made sure to give Hans all the love, care and guidance. After many years Hans grew into a fine young man and was very close to his brother Arthur. They were almost never apart even when Arthur left to explore new lands he would sometimes bring Hans along with him, teaching him the tricks and trades to become a successful merchant, soldier and sailor. Yet when the time came when Arthur could not bring Hans he always made the promise to come back to his younger brother and as always he kept his promise, bringing back with him not only goods but also fantastic stories of new, strange and mysterious lands.

That was till one day Arthur stumbled upon a land of snow...

Sunlight poured into the room of the thirteen prince, who was hiding under the covers as he continued to sleep. The castle was filled with many fancy rooms, furniture and things of richness yet the room he had was on the small side, simple as it had no decorations or fancy patterns, its floor were wooden and the walls were a simple green, there was only a wooden desk, chair and a small narnia like wardrobe in the side of the room while the bed was 4 post wooden bed with a feather mattress, pillow and cotton blanket.

Moving his head from under the pillow to reveal a mess of red hair, his tired eyes looked at the window which greeted the morning sun only to collapse back unto bed hoping to sleep in a little more.

"I deserve rest, I won a war" he though before burying his head back under the pillow.

That was very true, as about a week ago he had just gotten back from war against the Sirious Kingdom of the east, he as Admiral Westergard lead the fleet of boats towards the island in a plan surprised attack which resulted in the defeat and conquer of the island. But sadly even when he not only planned the attack and got together the fleets his brother Daniel took all of the credit.

Originally Hans had been angry but knew he could do nothing about it as his mother and father would not care or believe him. But what made everything better was the get together celebration which was held in their honor. While left as he was not interested in mingling with pheasants or soldiers, Hans celebrated with them, he joined in on the dances, drank, ate, watched fireworks which Arthur had gotten him from a trip towards the east for a special occasion.

Towards the end it all whined down, they had a moment to reflect on all the comrades which were lost and to thank all those who made victory possible before each going back to their respective homes and families.

After an hour of thinking and sleeping Hans got up from bed as he decided that he spent enough time sleeping.

Getting up he walked over to the wardrobe, picking a white shirt and gray pants he put those on before slipping on his soldier gray jacket, putting his boots on and grabbing a satchel. When Hans fixes his hair he walked out of his room. Nodding his hello to some servants he entered the kitchen, taking an apple, bread, cheese and a water jug he quickly left the palace.

He walked in a rather hurried pace till he arrived at the port of the southern isle, in there were many boats of all shapes and sizes, most were owned by self made merchants while others were merchants and explorers who worked for the royal family.

"Good morning your majesty, how are things going?" greeted a ship dock guard as Hans walked pass him,

"Good morning Ben, do you know where the Somerled is?" asked Hans as he stopped,

"Yes, just down the port to the right and uhh where will you be going and when will you be back?" asked Ben as he took out a book and pen to write,

"Do I have to answer?" asked Hans,

"You know the protocol your highness, I cannot let anybody in or out unless I know the who, what, when and why" said Ben seriously as he poked Hans chest with his feather pen before adding "That even applies to you your majesty",

"Alright, I am taking the Somerled for a little voyage around the Southern isle, to clear my head and think, I should be back before sun down" said Hans giving the guard the info.

Nodding Ben wrote it down before saying "Have a safe trip your majesty and please be sure to arrive early or on time or else Primrose will have my head mounted on the wall".

Hans nodded as he tried not to laugh at that, Primrose may be an elderly woman, but she sure could strike fear into the hearts of men whenever she wanted to.

Bidding goodbye Hans quickly went down the dock and to the right where a small wind sail boat was docked.

The Somerled was not as impressive as the other boats, by far it was the smallest of the bigger boats the royal family had, but Hans loved it no less, built for short voyages it was a boat that could easily be sailed by one person, given of course that the person was well experienced in all areas of the ship from both navigating to sail work.

What also made the boat special was that it was the first boat that Hans ever learned how to sail with his brother Arthur. Many days they spent of his childhood sailing the boat around the islands, Arthur teaching him the know hows and telling him stories. He often claimed that the Somerled was enchanted by a fairy whom was rescued by an ancestor of the royal family, the enchantment was that the boat would take the person who sails the boat to their destiny...or at least that was what Arthur claimed.

Hans was not one to believe in such things, while Arthur on the other hand believed, which would explain his childhood of going out and looking for fairies or trolls or for any indication or magic and such.

Chuckling at that Hans got on the boat and began to prepare the sails, once prepared he undid the ropes and began to sail off into the ocean.

The whole time Hans spent sailing, he sailed pass many of the islands, only stopping to eat and drink before continuing his way.

Reaching the last island Hans slow down a bit. The island in particular was deserted since it was not much of an island and more like a large rock with a bit of vegetation growing on top. It did not have enough space to build a village much less a home so it was left as it was. Running joke of the family was that it would be given to Hans so he could "Form a kingdom there".

Hans rolled his eyes, even if it was true about island being just a rock there was something special about it.

Dropping anchor the boat stopped and Hans pulled down the sails so it would not float away, taking off his coat, shirt and shoes he walked over to the edge of the boat and stared down at the waters.

The "island" was also the subject of Arthur's many stories, one of the stories was about how it was the gathering place of water fairies and that whoever managed to reach and take a "rune" which were scattered through the bottom of the waters which surrounded the island would have a wish come true. A silly dream, but it was good to hope.

Hans had never actually tried to dive after one of the mysterious "runes" which were rumored to surround the island, till now...

A loud splash was heard as Hans dove into the water, it was cold, but Hans paid no mind to it as he held his breath and swam further down towards the sandy bottom. The visibility was clear and the water itself was not dark which made things easier for Hans as he swam down and down till he finally reached the bottom.

Running out of air Hans blindly searched through the sand before grabbing the first rock he could find and swimming up.

Breaking the surface he gasped, taking in slow and deep breaths as he swam to the boat and pulled himself up.

Laying on the ships floor he stayed there for a moment or so before looking at his hand to see what he got.

His eyes widen a bit at the particular rock which he got, it was not dark or gray or some kind of whitish, it was blue, icy blue, with a strange snowflake carved unto it.

For a moment Hans wondered what he exactly got, if it was really a rune or if it was just a gag placed there as to fool people.

"Well, guess I can make a wish" though Hans before getting up and preparing the boat to go back to the main Southern isle.

Laying down in bed Hans read a book before thinking of the day, other than the finding of the weird rock when he got back Primrose got as mad as a wet hen with both him and Ben. She was mad at Hans for diving into the cold waters alone and was mad at Ben for not sending somebody to look out for him.

After that Primrose spent a full hour fretting about Hans, mostly making him take a warm bath, change into warm clothes and eat a warm meal, when she was satisfied that all care was provided Hans was allowed to continue his day.

Closing the book Hans set it aside before taking out the rune which he hid under his pillow. Holding it up he looked and could not figure out whether it was man made gag or if it was the real thing.

"Guess I won't know for sure...maybe an alchemist will know" though Hans before hiding the rune under his pillow again, placing his head on the pillow and yawned.

"Yes...that is what I will do... and if it is real then my wish for my brother to come home will come true" though Hans before he went to sleep.

Morning started like any other for Hans, the only difference came from the sound of a loud horn which could be heard coming from the docks, which was very unusual to be heard on Sunday.

"Why are they sounding the horn?...today is the day of rest...maybe a boat is coming today" mumbled Hans in his sleep as he turned to bury himself deeper into the feather mattress, a couple of minutes passed before his sleep riddled mind processed what he said before jumped out of bed and ran around the room frantically getting ready for the day.

His brother is here! Finally!

"Arthur has come home" though Hans as he put on a gray dress up coat underneath a purple and blue shirt, then gray pants and shoes, stopping he grabbed the rune, pocketing it as he was sure that it was a real rune and it had granted his wish before he ran out of the room and down the hallways of the palace.

Sliding to a stop he looked at the huge double doors of the throne room before composing himself, opening the door and walking in with dexterity.

The throne room was mostly empty, the only people there was his mother and 11 brothers, all of them standing in a perfect straight line from eldest to youngest.

Standing next to them Hans held back a bit of pain as his brother Daniel moved so he was as far away from him as possible.

Standing nearby the rather old yet plump nanny named Primrose frowned at that, it was no secret to anybody what the family though about the youngest son, all around were signs of what the family though about him, in his room the closet was full of hand me downs, when he had toys they were hand me downs as well, everything in the room was used and the room itself was hallways away from his parents room and his siblings room, its almost as if they didn't considered him part of the family.

Of course Hans never showed how much it bothered him, always hiding a fake charming smile, for sadly it was the only thing he could do, but it rarely mattered because to him his whole world was his brother and primrose, the rest he could care less as long as he had them.

A good hour or so passed before the doors of the throne room opened once again, Hans could barely hold his excitement as he saw his brother Arthur enter the room, along with his father and a couple of soldiers carrying wooden chest full of goods and treasure which were acquired in different countries and such.

2 years earlier:

In the docks of the southern isle the large ship called the Phoenix was being prepared for the latest adventure.

All around the 11 brothers and his mother were talking to their father and brother, asking for all sorts of rare and wonderful gifts.

Hans stood a little bit far away, the though about being away from his brother was devastating, he didn't want to be away from the only father figure he had ever known.

"Your quiet Hans, it is unlike you" he heard, looking it was Arthur,

"Do you have to go? You just got back from the last trade" said Hans, he didn't want to be left with his family again,

"Sadly yes, but don't worry, I will be back, I will always come back to you little brother" said Arthur with a genuine smile and added "Besides, you won't be alone, you got Prim to watch out for you",

"Can't I come with you?" asked Hans almost pleading,

"I wish you could, but you know that your needed here, as Admiral Westerguard you can bring the Southern isle victory in the upcoming battle" answered Arthur, Hans frowned and looked down, he knew Arthur was right,

"Besides I will come back and when I do, what would you like me to bring for you?" said Arthur trying to cheer him up,

"I just want you back home quickly and safely" said Hans honestly,

"Come on, there must be something else, I cannot bring gifts for my mother and siblings and nothing for you" said Arthur.

Knowing he was not going to leave Hans though before saying "A glory of the snow and a raspberry bush",

"A glory of the snow and a raspberry bush? But I wanted to bring you something special dear brother" said Arthur shocked,

"It is special, the glory of the snow is for Primrose, she always admired that flower in the books and I would like the raspberry bush for I enjoy raspberries" said Hans,

"Alright brother, if that is what you wish I will bring you those" said Arthur as he hugged Hans. They stayed in embrace till a horn sounded, signaling the departure of the Phoenix.

"I have to go, do well brother" said Arthur as he let go of Hans,

"Likewise" said Hans as Arthur grabbed his bag and ran up the stairs and into the Phoenix. Hans stayed as he watched the sails drop and the ship sail away, he stayed till the ship could no longer be seen in the horizon.

"Hans" Hans heard Arthur call him, snapping him out of his past memory, looking up at his brother Hans was taken back as he got a good look at his brother.

Arthur...he changed.. for it seemed as if the two years out at sea had been terrible for him. His skin was as pale as the moon, normally neat brown hair was a mess like his clothes, there were dark rings around his eyes as if he had not slept in days. What could have happened that would have left Arthur in such a state?

"Here" said Arthur softly as he held out a small raspberry sapling and a beautiful glory of the snow flower, his hands and arms were trembling as he did. For a moment it reminded Hans of some traumatized soldiers he had seen in the past.

"Thank you dear brother, but I would like-" Hans voice trailed off as Arthur moved away, left the throne room.

"You to tell me how was your trip" said Hans finishing what he was going to say.

Arthur's room:

Sitting down on the bed, alone and with nobody Arthur covered his face and began to cry in both sorrow and fear,

"Why? why did I found that accursed place!?" he though as tears spilled.

A couple of weeks ago:

It had been a terrible storm had gathered on the horizon of the sea, the waves made the ship rock back and forth violently.

Luckily it the ship found shelter...in a snow bay.

"Snow?" said everybody shocked as the ship slowly moved through the now calm bay and into a deserted town.

"How can it be snowing in the middle of spring?" asked Stephen, Arthur said nothing as he looked around, he was more worried about where was everybody in the town.

Anchoring in the towns dock Arthur and a couple of sailors got out of the ship and began to look around the town.

"Strange" muttered Arthur as he walked farther away from the crew.

After sometime he came upon a large gate, which much to his shock opened, as if somebody was waiting for him, slowly entering he found a beautifully frozen fountain and a large palace made of ice, far grander than any palace he had ever seen before.

"So beautiful" said Arthur breathlessly as he wondered around soon he stumble upon a garden of ice and trees, the ground was full of glory of the snow flowers and little saplings of raspberry bush.

"Well seems Hans is getting his wish" said Arthur with a little smile as he though of his brothers happiness before taking a glory of the snow and plucking it, placing it on a bag before proceeding to dig around a raspberry sapling to extract it from the ground.

As he did the air grew colder, but he payed no mind till all of a sudden he was blown away by an ice cold force.

"How dare you!" a voice hissed, she was a woman of ice and cold, her eyes stared into his very soul with anger as all around her a blizzard was formed.

"How dare you steal from me! After I invited you in!" she roared angry, the blizzard getting worse as Arthur shielded himself with his arms and yelled "I am sorry! I didn't know! I though this place was abandoned!",

"You must die for your crime!" she hissed dangerously, Arthur panicked, if he died then his brother would be left alone,

"No please! I am sorry! I didn't mean to steal! I took this for my brother, please if I die then he will be left alone!" begged Arthur.

All of the sudden the blizzard stopped, looking he saw the woman looking, her face he could not read,

"You have a brother?" asked the woman,

"Yes, 12 brothers, the flower and raspberry are for my youngest brother Hans" explained Arthur, the woman seemed to be in though before turning and saying "Very well, you may go and take what you stole"

Arthur was relieved but as soon as he was despair entered as the woman said "But at the end of the month either you or your brother come here",

"What?! please miss-",

"Its your highness, but you will call me Snow queen" she hissed at him dangerously,

"Snow queen, please, I cannot do this..Hans has been through enough with my family and with me gone he will be left with nobody" said Arthur devastated,

"Then you shouldn't have stolen from me...mark my words, if by the end of the month neither you or your brother have come then..lets just say...snow will fall...forever" hissed the snow queen before she disappeared in a flurry of a blizzard.

Collapsing on the ground Arthur cried.

His brother or him? The choice was devastating, if he were to go back then Hans would be alone, but if Hans goes the Snow queen will kill him.

"No! he won't go, besides, why am I worried about? She doesn't know where I live" though Arthur before nodding in his choice.

Hans will never know, he will just stay quiet and nothing will happen.

Weeks later:

Time passed and Arthur managed to put the whole ordeal on the back of his head as nothing happened.

Most of the things stayed the same, his family was the same, Han's relationship with him and Primrose was strong as ever, so everything was right in the world.

Sadly it wouldn't be the case for long as outside the ocean grew cold as ice , snow and clouds gathered as the Snow Queen made her way across the ocean.

Month pass:

It happened so quickly and fast, much to every bodies shock the spring day turned into a cold winter nights, snow fell and ice covered everything.

How and why nobody knew, panic began to show itself as nobody was ready for the sudden mysterious bitter winter and its devastating effects.

Hans frowned as he looked outside the window of the parlor, the snow gathering all over the once green palace garden making it all white, the only color present now was a splash of red which came from the ripe red raspberries from the bush he had planted sometime ago.

Getting up Hans walked out into the hallway, the cold somehow managing to get into the palace even with all the fires which were set in the fireplaces scattered through the palace and the warmth of his clothes.

Closing his eyes he sighted, other then the mysterious winter there was another thing which left Hans puzzled, recently ever since he got that mysterious blue rune he have been having strange dreams, all of them are the same.

The same night, the same snow garden, the same woman with platinum blond hair and blue eyes, she was beautiful and graceful as she moved about in a dress which seemed to be made out of snowflakes and ice, but there was something sad about her.

"That child!" Hans heard which interrupted his thoughts, blinking he looked to find that he was outside of his father's office. Curious Hans opened the door partially allowing him to see and hear what was happening in there.

"Yes, I saw it all, Arthur encountered an evil being, a snow queen, she threatened eternal winter if she didn't get either Arthur or Han's" said a person, one of his brothers sailors,

"That little brat! How I knew he would cause trouble for us" growled Stephen angry,

"What will we do?" asked the Queen worried "We cannot have the eternal winter much less give the Snow Queen our child",

"Then let her have the runt! He is useless either way" growled Stephen, Hans eyes widen in shock he couldn't believe what he heard, turning around he ran down the hall, he had to talk to Arthur, he had to know if what they said was true.

Gathering things Arthur put them in a chest, it was no coincidence...the Snow Queen had done what she promised and the only way to stop her is to him to go back to her.

Closing the lid he looked to find Hans standing at the entrance to his room, looking at him in shock, "So...its true...the snow queen" Hans said as he slowly back away to the hallway.

Those words were all Arthur needed to guess that Han's knew the truth now,

"Hans please, let me-" before he finished Hans turned and ran out of the room,

"HANS!" yelled Arthur, but Hans was long gone.

Running out of the palace Hans didn't slow down, all around he saw the suffering of the people as the cold made them loose their food, their clothes were not enough to keep warmth and the homes were devastated cause of the snow fall.

It was all his fault! His fault! Why did he asked for a raspberry bush and a glory of the snow? If he hadn't none of this would have happened.

"My father is right, I am a curse!" though Hans as he ran to the port,

"Wow wow your highness, where is the fire?" joked Ben as he stopped Hans,

"Ben, I need to take the Somerled, no questions asked" said Hans frantically,

"Wait, whats going on!?" demanded Ben as he placed his hands on Hans shoulder, trying to stabalize the young man,

"Just get me the Somerled!" yelled Hans shaking a bit,

"Calm down and the answer is no, the dock is frozen, none of the boats can get out...now explain to me what is going on" said Ben, Hans got quiet as he slowly turned then ran away, he heard Ben call but ignore him as he made his way to the beach.

Just as Ben said the water was frozen solid so without thinking Hans continued to run through the shore of the beach and finally on top of the frozen water.

Not stopping Hans continued his run till the southern isle's got father and father away, but he didn't dare to look back.

If him going to the Snow Queen would solve everything then he will go even if it meant certain death.

Night fell and the wind picked up, Hans ran slow down to a walk as he continued his way across the frozen sea.

As he walked he shivered, the bitter cold entering his body and freezing his very bones, he had not been dressed to be outside in the cold and to make matters worse he feared he was hopelessly loss.

Shivering Hans stopped and looked around, there was nothing to be seen on the frozen sea. Placing his hands on his pockets in an effort to stay warm Hans felt something in it. Taking it out he was surprised to find that it was the blue rune.

"I must have forgotten that I had it there" though Hans as he stroke it, feeling it smooth surface and the carved snow flake before placing it back on his pocket and continuing his way.

Suddenly up ahead he saw something.

A light in the horizon, it was slowly making its way over in his direction, was it the Snow Queen?

As the light got closer Han's could feel his heart racing in fear, but he reminded himself why he was there and for who he was doing this, "Its for my brother and the people of the southern isle" though Hans over and over like a mantra as his hand instinctively went to his pocket and gripped the rune in an effort to remain calm.

Finally the light stopped in front of him to reveal its source was a small brass lantern that was attached to a magnificent sled of blue, silver and white, the seats were covered in warm furs and pulling the sled was a large reindeer, but other than that there seemed to be nobody else.

"Hello?" asked Hans as he walked closer, afraid even if he didn't show it,

"Hello, you must be Hans right?" said a goofy sounding voice, much to Hans shock a small snow man with a carrot nose appeared from the other side of the sled.

Hans said nothing as he stared in shock, how was this even possible?

"Umm...are you Hans or maybe you are Arthur?" asked the snow man again,

"Uh, yes, I am Hans" said Hans regaining his composure,

"That's great, my name is Olaf and I like warm hugs" said Olaf with a smile,

"Hello..sir Olaf" said Hans,

"This is great, I was afraid that I was lost, you see the Snow Queen sent me and Sven to pick you up and take you to Arendelle" said Olaf,

"Arendelle?" asked Hans as he had never heard of such a place,

"Yes, beautiful place, you will love it" said Olaf as he took Hans hand and tugged him to the sled, reaching in Olaf took out a long white and silver winter cloak "Here, put this on, a person can catch a death out here"

Taking it Hans held it and said "Thank you sir Olaf" before putting it on and getting into the sled, once he was in Olaf sat on the drivers seat and snapped the reins making Sven move and leave, soon they were full speed ahead, running across the ocean to get to Arendelle.

What awaited Han's in Arendelle he didn't know, but the fear was still there.

Stopping in front of the palace gate Hans got off of the sled,

"You go on, I will get Sven back to the stables" said Olaf, with that he left Hans.

With uncertainty Han's walked closer to the gate of the palace, then much to his shock the gate opened and another snow man came out, this one was a huge and very intimidating monster of a snow man.

Han's felt the color of his face drain as he back away in fear, then the snow monster spoke "Did you come of your own free will?"

Stopping a bit Hans reminded himself of his brother and people before saying "Yes, I was not going to let your Queen murder my brother or to let her continue my peoples suffering, she can do whatever she wants to me as long as my brother and people are left alone" then braced himself as he was sure that the snow monster would stomp on him till he was dead then bring his dead corpse to his mistress.

But what happened was very surprising, the monster of a snowman seem to smile before saying "Yes, that is good, that is very good indeed" before letting him in and added "Well then come inside and get into the palace..the queen does not like to be kept waiting... and in case you ask my name is Marshmallow",

"That's not the right name I would use for you" though Hans before nodding and going inside the palace as quickly as he could.

Grand, that was just what the palace was, it was grand both on the outside and inside, yet no matter how it was Hans was still fearing for his life as he walked the quiet halls.

At any moment the Snow queen could kill him, so it was best he stayed alert just in case.

Walking he quickly noticed a door was left wide open while the rest were closed, maybe she wanted him to go in there.

Sighting a bit he walked over and poked his head into the room, ready to run for his life if needed.

Inside the room there was nobody which made Han's relax a bit before looking around, the room was all in different shades of blue and white, the walls were blue with snow flakes on them, there were books in shelves, a canopy large bed with many pillows and blankets, two doors of gold leaf design and a large window which you could see outside in the garden.

"Beautiful" though Hans as he looked outside briefly before walking over to one of the doors and opening it, it revealed a large bathroom, closing that he opened the next door to find it was a large closet with many clothes and shoes, all which seemed to be just his size.

"Why would she show me this room and-" Hans stopped as he realized why, maybe the Snow queen didn't plan to kill him as he had though, if she was then why would she give him a room and clothes to wear?

Closing the closet door Hans walked to a table in the room which he found a nice meal of soup, bread, fruit and a goblet of hot chocolate.

Feeling famished Hans ate with great appetite, once his meal was done he decided to turn in for the night.

"Thank you Snow queen" said Hans half wondering if she could hear him, closing the door to his room Hans locked it before changing into blue cotton pajamas and getting into bed.

When his head fell on the pillow Hans fell into a dreamless sleep.

"He came by his own free will?" asked the snow queen, her voice sounded hopeful as he looked at Marshmallow,

"Yes Queen Elsa, he said that you can do whatever you want with him as long as you leave his brother and the people of the southern isle alone" said Marshmallow.

Saying nothing the Snow Queen Elsa got up from her throne and walked, looking outside the window she smiled, this was good, this ways very very good.

He could be the key to thaw the frozen heart.

To be continued...

Authors note: So...what do you guys think? please let me know...